Fishermen

• ‘Hoping everybody stays safe’: N.S. fishermen scramble to secure boats as Fiona nears

  Cape Breton in northeastern Nova Scotia is projected to be at or near the centre of the storm when it makes landfall Saturday morning.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2022
  
• UPDATE: Nelson House, Man. RCMP find four missing fishermen

  They were last seen on June 25, 2021, when they left for a camp located at Notigi, Manitoba.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2021
  
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• RCMP locates missing scallop dragger off Delaps Cove, N.S.

  The boat was located two kilometres from the shore, around the area where the boat's emergency beacon went off on the morning of Dec. 15.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2021
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• A painful wait for mother of Nova Scotia scallop fisher lost at sea

  As of Sunday at 4 p.m. AT, crewman Michael Drake is the only one of the six people on board whose body has been recovered by search teams.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2020
• Nova Scotia RCMP search for missing fishermen by helicopter

  'The ground search for the missing fishermen has been delayed due to safety due to weather conditions.'

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2020
• Search for 2 missing fishermen continues on Lake of Two Mountains

  Strong winds and choppy waters hindered search efforts as Sûreté du Québec officers surveyed the Lake of Two Mountains for the second consecutive day.

  Investigations

  Nov 16, 2020
• Montreal activists denounce recent protests against Mi’kmaq fishermen in Nova Scotia

  "We have a right to fish and to hunt," said organizer Dakotah Lahache. "The treaties were put in place by the government to give us the right to do so."

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2020
• Sipek’nekatik lobster traps sabotaged as week of violence, anger ends

  'Unfortunately, if the DFO doesn't act and remove commercial fishermen from the water for interfering with our rights, the conversation will end.'

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2020
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• Cobourg man arrested following dangerous boating incident on Rice Lake: OPP

  Video captured a powerboat travelling on Rice Lake and nearly capsizing a number of smaller fishing vessels.

  Crime

  Oct 14, 2020
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• Sipekne’katik First Nation to meet with DFO next week

  After multiple calls to meet with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, members of the Sipkene’katik First Nation will sit down with Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan next week.

  Politics

  Sep 24, 2020